Undergarment.



M. S. HEBER. UNDERGARMENT.

APPLICATION PILED JAN. 31. 1908.

Patented May 4, 1909.

a W aha-4&9 al'l'oz IICIJ "ments in under arments and relates MARY s. HEB-ER, OF NEW YORK, N. Y.

UNDERGARMENT.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented May 4, 1909.

' Application med January e1, 1906. Serial No. 413,551.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, MARY S. HEBER,- a citizen of the United States of America, and a resident of New York, in the county and State of New York, have invented certain newand useful Improvements in Under arments, of which the following is a specif ication.

'This invention has reference to improvearticularly to unders irts, union-suits an similar garments.

It isthe special object of my invention to produce improved undergarments with detachable ssets of which a certain numbe are fumis ed for each garment.

It is well known that perspiration takes- I place more freely in the arm-pit or axilla than in any other part of the human body.

The portion of the undergarment covering the arm-pit necessarily absorbs the perspiration and issues a disagreeable odor after a short time. This necessitates the change of the undergarment although same is in good v condition except the portion covering the arm-pit. The ,undergarment then has to be washed onaccount of the soiled portion, which causes expense, and when traveling a number of undergarments have to be taken along which occupy space insatchels, trunks, and valises.

It is the purpose of this invention to produce undergarments which are rovided with detachable gussets to be exc anged daily when necessary so that the garment roper may be worn for a reasonable length '0 time, while the small gussets are easily laundered I at small expense.

The invention is illustrated in the accompany ng drawing in which:

Figure 1 re resents in elevation an undergarment whic embodies in desirable form the present improvements. Fig. 2 illustrates the arm-pit portion of the garment. Fi '3 shows in erspective view the detachab e gusset, and Fig. 4.is a section on-line 4-4 of Fig.3. v

- Similar characters of reference denote like parts in all the figures.

- In thedrawin represents theundergarment, bb are t e. sleeves, c is the armit portion of an undershirt, and ddf are t e two detac=hable gussets. The arm-pit hole f extends over a portion of the side 0 of the garment and the adjoining portion of the sleeve. The undergarment may be directly woven with the arm-pit hole. A suitable number of buttons 0 are sewed to the selvage of the armit portion of the undergarment which may e hemmed or bound so that the buttons may be firmly attached. In the undergarment shown in the drawing six buttons are employed for each gusset. The gussets (1 are shown in Fig. 1 attached to the undershirt. In Fig. 3 one of the gussets is Shown in perspective view on an enlarged scale. It is referably woven of the same material of which the under arment consists. The ussets d are compose of an inner ortion which conforms in shape tothe si e of the undergarment and a second ortion d which is semi-tubular in shape an conforms thus to the missing portion of the sleeve. The gusset d is slightly larger than the armpit hole and overlaps same. Its edge may be emmed or bound so that button holes can be produced therein. The gussets shown in the drawing are provided each with six but ton holes g. A layer of impervious material it may be attached to the g 1 sset as shown in Fig. 4 to v revent the penetr tion of plerspirm tion toadioining wearing apparel. set may also be attached to union-suits as indicated in Fig. 1 wherein the lower portion of such union-suit is shown in dotted lines. During the wearin of the undergarment the gusset absorbs t e perspiration of the arm-pit wheresame freel passes. When the gussets are saturated wit perspiration or begin to issue disagreeable odors they are detached and new ones applied in their place whereupon the undergarment may be worn again making the wearer as comfortable as if a newly laundered garment had been put on, thus saving expense and while traveling space in satchels and valises. As the undergarments made in'accordance-to this invention need not be washed so frequently they last longer than the old style of undergarment which must be washed oftener whereby they are used up more than by wear.

Having thus described my invention I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent 1. As a new article of manufacture an undergarment consisting of the garment proper having two arm-pit holes, securing means on said undergarment near the arri pit holes,

he gusand detachable gussetsprovided with means to engage the securing means on'the under-- garment and adapted to be exchanged from time to time.

2. As a new article of manufacture an undergarment consisting of the garment proper having two arm-pit holes, buttons on said undergarment near the arm-pit holes, and detachable gussets of same material as the undergarment provided with button holes to engage the buttons on the undergarment and adapted to be exchanged from time to time.

3. AS a new article of manufacture an undergarment consistin of the garment proper having two arm-pit oles, buttons on said undergarment near the arm-pit holes, -and two detachable gussets composed each of an inner portion conforming in shape to the side of the undershirt and a second portion of semi-tubular form to complete the sleeve and provided with button holes adapted to engage the buttons on the undershirt.

4. In an undergarment of the type described, detachable gussets composed each of an inner portion conforming in shape to the side of the garment below the sleeve, and a second portion of semi-tubular form adapted to com lete the sleeve and provided with button oles near the edge.

Signed at New York, N. Y., this 30th day of January, 1908.

MARY S. HEBER. Witnesses LUDWIQ K. Bo'HM, JACOB L. DIAMOND. 

